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Reid Hall Faculty Visitor Zoë Strother spent several weeks in Paris studying the French edition of Leni Riefenstahl’s controversial photobook of the Nuba peoples and researching the restitution of African objects at the Musée du Quai Branly.
Today, Oct. 28, give to Columbia Global and power the students, scholars, faculty, and partners turning ideas into action.
As conflict zones become harder to access and frontline workers are increasingly targeted, a group of leading journalists, humanitarians, and researchers gathered at the Frontlines conference to trace these developments, share field testimony, and discuss how they can adapt to this new era of warfare.
Columbia Global Paris Center hosts a screening of "Au Bain des Dames," 2026 César Award winner for Best Short Documentary, followed by a Q&A session with director Margaux Fournier and producer Laureen Bolton.
In partnership with the Department of Statistics, Columbia Global Centers are hosting a series of six seminars around the world aiming to expand international student enrollment to the MA Statistics program at Columbia University.
The 2026 – 2027 Faculty Visitors at Reid Hall will conduct research at Parisian institutions, contribute to podcasts and videos, and take part in public programs at the Columbia Global Paris Center and Institute for Ideas and Imagination.
Reid Hall will welcome Shawkan, a photojournalist from Egypt, as its new Reid Hall Resident. He will be joining Maha Al-Daya and Doha Kahlout, two Palestinian artists who will stay at Reid Hall for their second year in the program.
U.S. mayors and global leaders explored what cities can do that nations can't, during the closing side event of Urban7 2026, held at Reid Hall.
Former Reid Hall Resident Anna Stavychenko has been selected as a finalist for the Europa Nostra Awards 2026 in the Heritage Champions category.
When Artist-in-Residence Maha Al-Daya set out to depict Reid Hall, she chose a medium that demanded both precision and patience.
Books and windows as portals to reverie: discover Brigitte Lannaud Levy's watercolors at the Reid Hall Caféothèque through July 2026.
Reid Hall Faculty Visitor Julia Bryan-Wilson comes to Paris to research her new book, which argues that the AIDS crisis—not 1989—marks the true beginning of contemporary art.